When looking at a not so distant future, we have a few certainties: sea level will raise and global warming will affect climate. Aqualta is an attempt to describe this scenario: how to protect the city from the sea? What if we consider to build a new edge, a linear city emerging from the water around Venice: a new frame, and a new perspective toward Venice to preserve and enjoy the historical city. How does this city looks like? It is a long waterfront stretching in front of Venice: and if the weather is warmer, why not thinking of it as the Italian Copacapana, a long beach submerged by tropical vegetation. A vision of a vision: the old Venice overlooking over the bay of Ipanema; from the new town beaches and houses will have the glorious backdrop of an unseen Venice!
| Project | Vision | Budget | Confidential | Type | Commission |
| Size | Client | Moleskine | Status | Exhibited on Venice Biennale 2010, Completion 2010 | |
| Location | Venice, Italy, Distant future | Team | JDS | ||
| Creative Authorship | Julien De Smedt | Project Leader | Federico Pedrini, Francisco Villeda | Project Team |
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